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MELA FEMMINA HELLO CHIC

With a proven track record of sniffing out some of the best new talent around, Slow Dance Records have released the exceptional 'Hello Chic' by Emilia Estall, otherwise known as Mela Femmina. The vocalist and keyboard player from South East London draws inspiration from her two lives in London and Bologna, sonically touching on elements of danceable post-punk, 80s synth pop, krautrock and italo disco. Lyrically exploring the fall out of a break up, Estall explains: “('Hello Chic' is) really about my emancipation after a long and intense relationship, finding my feet and transforming this pain into something positive and cathartic that involved one of the places so close to my heart – Bologna.” Turning pain into a playful track for others to enjoy, 'Hello Chic's joyful melancholia is truly addictive. Listen and dance along here now. -Holly Mullineaux 

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